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Anders Torstenson (politician)

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Count Anders Torstenson (20 January 1641 – 8 November 1686), Swedish statesman, son of Lennart Torstenson and member of the Privy Council, was from 1674 to 1681 Governor-General of Estonia. The family became extinct in the male line in 1727.[1]

References

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Torstensson, Lennart, Count s.v. Senator Count Anders Torstensson". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 64.
Preceded by
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Governor General of Swedish Estonia
1674–1681
Succeeded by